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Enterprises expect a 7.5% nominal increase in exports of goods in 2017, corresponding to an upward revision (+2.2 percentage points) in the 1st forecast made in November 2016

11 July 2017

Summary

The perspectives of the exporting enterprises point to a nominal increase of 7.5% in exports of goods in 2017 vis-à-vis 2016, corresponding to an upward revision of 2.2 percentage points (p.p.) in the 1st forecast made in November 2016. This revision results from the updating of the perspectives for both types of trade: +2.3 p.p. in Extra-EU exports to a nominal increase of 11.2% and +2.2 p.p. in Intra-EU exports to a nominal increase of 6.3%.Excluding Fuels and lubricants, enterprises are expecting a 6.2% increase in 2017 (+1.7 p.p. in comparison to the 1st forecast).